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The Columbus Dispatch • Monday July 28, 2014 12:20 PM

"Settle down, Captain Happy."

Those words added a little levity to a heated conversation between a Delta Airline pilot and an
air-traffic controller Friday.

On the audio recording, the air-traffic controller told the pilot that he was heading to the
wrong taxiway. The pilot shot back: "We'll taxi out there any way we want unless you tell us to. I
don't like your attitude."

The controller said he did not have an attitude, but that it was his job to correct he pilot's
mistake. The pilot berated him some more, then added, "You didn't tell us how to get there, so next
time you can try doing that."

At this point, the voice of another pilot who was not involved in the argument chimes in.